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12:02 am

Cr7

12:02 am

ch7

12:04 am

te7

12:05 am

Re7

12:07 am

or 6 & 7

12:07 am

or7

12:07 am

oops saw yours after I typed that, ursh

12:08 am

it7

12:17 am

ch8

Clues are up

12:19 am

ty lickety

12:19 am

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

nbt, nbs

12:22 am

wd rain - still need that lone a

12:23 am

Me too!

12:23 am

Thanks Nan

12:23 am

it's an ae

12:24 am

Thanks, freep!

12:24 am

yw

12:25 am

thanks freep

12:25 am

ty freep

12:36 am

with all the bad news happening in the world just now, I thought we could all use a laugh or two. To that end I will try to post at least one chuckle inducing story per week in my profile -- please feel free to join in. First installment posted today :)

12:37 am

I love that one, nan! Thank you.

12:38 am

yw

12:44 am

ooh, looking forward to it, Nan :)

12:46 am

I hope others will take up the challenge and follow suit :)

12:49 am

95 down and stuck. Will finish tomorrow -- goodnight everyone :)

12:50 am

Sleep well, Nan :)

1:36 am

em

6:48 am

like the joke cybernan

6:50 am

shouldnt the plural of trauma be traumi??

I'm looking for the first re6/24 and the re6/21. Can anyone offer any guidance, please?

7:02 am

Any clues for the ch 8? I have a ch 7 that is an aniimal. But not seeing the 8

Think chemical that goes in swimming pools and mess with that a bit

7:04 am

Looks like bleach.....ends in ri4/4

7:04 am

Ty.

Do you happen to have those pesky re words?

7:04 am

Got it. Super clues. Ty.

7:14 am

Rats, looks like Bea had to check out early today

What's up?

7:16 am

ch7 is a mythological monster, not an animal

Well, we could say it's a mythical animal :)

Molly, do you happen to have that first re6.24 and the re6/21? I shall no doubt kick myself but I just can't seem to monkey or find them

it's also a person with 2 DNAs, like a transplant recipient

and thanks

*not a scientist

7:25 am

I am masquerading as Carla today

I just realised, i've not seen Bichon asking for clues for ages - is she ok?

oh, fun 😜

7:26 am

Matty, try make sound again, again, again

I usually see her more later in the day when you're gone, matty. but haven't seen her in a day or two

of course, thanks for that

7:27 am

Bichon travels a lot

7:29 am

I don't usually chat but I have always thought it is wonderful that so many babblers are close and have good relationships

phantom humid. sounds right I'd see that when it's not there.

hi dromano!

7:31 am

The first thing I saw when I looked out the window this morning was the humidity haze. Yuck!

Molly, thank you thank you thank you ;)

yeah, it's wet here, may have rained overnight

7:31 am

Hi Hokie!

7:32 am

you all have a great day

7:32 am

Dank, humid, soggy, gross. My weather report.

you too. thanks for stopping in. 😁

7:34 am

re6/21 ends like the Bill Withers song ____ Me Up

7:38 am

It is the opposite of some of our players.

well, that must be an obscure bill withers song because I can't even find it with google

7:40 am

Are you kidding? If you do a Google search on "Bill Withers me up" it comes right up

and now I'm singing ain't no sunshine

ah, thanks

7:41 am

The correct title is ____ Me. The lyric is ____ Me Up. One of his best.

I always have trouble with the re5's that are redoing a 3

7:41 am

And if you google the def, you will find the answer to my clue.

40 left. I need to wake up more.

7:43 am

My boyfriend comes home today.

nice

7:44 am

Yay for the returning boyfriend

7:45 am

And my friends got to take their baby home after 108 days in NICU.

Aaah - I have that re6/21...it's the first one I'm missing...

7:46 am

There is only on 6/21

7:47 am

Thank you Bea, I thought I was going blind

7:47 am

The 6/27 ends in the kind of puddles kids play in and make pies out of

7:47 am

Plus a vowel

Oh, you're right. But the Bill withers song seems to fit with the second re6/24?

7:48 am

The Bill Withers song is the re6/21

Yep, I have that. It's the 6/21 I'm missing. It would be my final R...

7:49 am

r + ___ tu Brute + first word of the Bill Withers song

lol, I was so confused.

it is a different word!

OK, now I have it - thanks!

7:50 am

You are not the only one, Carla.

7:50 am

I know, I need a drink and it's only 9 AM

7:51 am

Ack, my boss's last name is in the grid. I should say the family name since three of them work here.

but I'm still missing one R 🤣

7:52 am

Is is the one with what you do to drywall (not tape) in the middle?

7:54 am

Sounds like the vacation island in the Caribean.

7:55 am

I have to make jello today for my "meals" tomorrow. Yippee!

the island one was the last one molly clued I think

maybe not the last one

7:57 am

Ues.

but the kids and puddles one

7:57 am

yes

not sure about a drywall one

7:59 am

Same as the kids and puddles one. You do that to drywall too

7:59 am

Bea, is tomorrow THE TEST?

8:00 am

That's what my boyfriend was doing while away in KS. Mudding the drywall in the kids' basemant.

oh, it was a pl of that

8:00 am

Tomorrow is the prep for THE TEST.

8:01 am

My sympathies

yep

8:02 am

Actually, I've been prepping all week. Not eating this or that, taking Ducolax..

sounds like a gas

I am masquerading as ru today

8:02 am

Yep.

8:03 am

Lots of Prep H thrown in..

8:04 am

I think I need to call too much information on this.

8:05 am

LOL! Yep.

LOL, I almost said TMI!

8:05 am

Or as Carla would day, TMI

8:05 am

Snap.

8:05 am

I will return the favor by not asking how your ass is later in the week

ok, I can only find 2 of the upper i

8:07 am

The ones you have are 4's right?

yes, 2 i4

8:07 am

two 5's and a 7

geez

8:07 am

5's have a different 2nd

I did wonder if poison ivy might give kids the itchies, but no

8:08 am

I have to try tech everytime.

yes, but today you can extend it

8:09 am

Ohh.

8:10 am

I will sit in the PB for that one. I hope there are lots of things to eat in there.

I remembered there was some acceptable form on the list and guessed right

8:18 am

Carla can join you there for that poison ivy word

true. and I didn't care when I typed it. I think drawing attention to a 4 letter word is worse than typing it out.

8:19 am

Well you could just...I don't know...not say it at all

meh, what fun is that

8:23 am

found a plant...

it's possible I did, who knows

8:24 am

I think complaining about tech not being a word is very legitimate :)

8:24 am

which plant, bea? the one that flowers in the fall?

this list is from different times, mael. like the 1600s or so

8:25 am

Esp when it is allowed in other forms.

8:25 am

se5

thx bea

8:26 am

yeah, pretty sure te6 wasn't a word in the 1600s either.

8:26 am

it's like enable stopped in the 70s

8:27 am

that's the one, bea! they are a very pretty genus

8:28 am

We have one in the garden that was planted near a mum. The two have spread together and bloom at much the same time.

stuck now with 22 left - 7-6-7-2. guess I can work on the 4s

8:34 am

Carla, did you get the I's?

8:34 am

i think that e4/7 word has been in the grid 3 days in a row

I got ic5 but not the other 5 or 7

8:35 am

Do you have the lone A?

yes, shirl I was going to say the same earlier. that 3 letter combo has been at least 3 days in a row

8:35 am

good morning! was just going to ask for the lone a :)

I do have lone A but missing 2 above it

8:35 am

ae6.18

ae6

8:35 am

the lone a is a normal ae word

8:36 am

got the lone a

8:36 am

oh wow. how could I miss that

8:36 am

ty

I have R ii EE TTT C TT AA L M U DDD SSS

8:36 am

do you have the greek word, hokie?

8:36 am

but I did find the 8 all by myself.

8:37 am

oh now my icon changes lol

8:37 am

Carla, the I 7 is similar to that A.

8:37 am

And the other I is an ic

ugh, thx

8:38 am

bzz is that Loor i?

not sure which greek word, mael? what are the stats?

8:38 am

I have ic, id, itx3

8:38 am

ar5

8:38 am

L or i sorry and they are 7s?

8:41 am

40 for later. taking the kids kayaking!

pouring rain here. have fun!

8:42 am

Is that from the TS, Carla?

I think so. mr. homie just said he thought it was.

8:43 am

hokie my husband said it was raining really hard this AMI didnt hear a thing from our bedroom

8:43 am

yesterday the power went out for a few hours and the storm had stopped. Day before storm was worse but power stayed on

8:44 am

It's massive!

8:44 am

Hope it doesn't cause problems for air travel.

8:45 am

Looks like you are just getting started, Carla.

8:45 am

i still need the lone a last column stats pls?

8:46 am

clued at 8:35

8:47 am

Yee gods, what is loor i?

8:48 am

And at 8:36 you said Got the lone A

8:49 am

ty molly i know it came from other one didnt realize that at first

8:49 am

I have no idea what that means

8:59 am

8 left, mostly 6s. Ugh

9:01 am

oh man, how had I missed co6?

9:02 am

A bad partner???

the sheldon cooper word?

9:03 am

if sheldon cooper says sex a lot then yes

9:03 am

Yes, Sheldon! :-)

9:03 am

He never says sex. Always co6

9:04 am

I've never watched BBT

9:05 am

but that does sound like something he would say

9:07 am

last word was an obvious au6, kicking myself. Have a good day everyone!

well done, mael

9:10 am

wow

9:11 am

good morning friends

9:11 am

what a word to start with, lolololol

9:14 am

i said wow because my computer hadn't updated the page and it looked like nobody had chatted for hours, it was showing me chat from the flip

9:15 am

so weird when that happens!

9:15 am

so, cancel wow

9:16 am

every now and then I get the massive scroll of chat when I refresh

9:16 am

yeah i've had that

9:19 am

wow on this end - clearly someone tried to charge my hubs for something he did not order or at least does not want to pay for. All hell breaking loose in his office!

well, I just found an obvious a5

9:20 am

hmmmm

9:21 am

oh i think I just found it too, thanks. I can't find the lone a, but I have sent in the goats

9:21 am

goats??

last A must be mael's obvious au6

9:21 am

and they did well!

9:21 am

yes, I replaced my monkeys with goats. See my profile pic for details

well, the goats might be able to ae6 a yard

9:22 am

yup. found it

9:22 am

goats are cute

kids are adorable. I love it when they skip and jump.

9:23 am

mine certainly are1 love those little cr7s

9:23 am

mine are adults now, but they do still skip and jump!

well, did not have that one, thanks

last C!

now still need IC5 to gray 2nd col

I have iC5/14, is the other the same points? just not getting anything to work. maybe I need Trif's goats.

9:25 am

watching cnn at the same time - wowza the situation in afghanistan is FRAUGHT

9:26 am

Yes, Caral

9:26 am

yeah :(

9:26 am

will send them right over, hokie

9:30 am

Name that proper noun...Marvel comics guy played by one of those cute Hemsworth boys in the movie

thor

9:30 am

Ding! Ding! Carla wins a date with the Hemsworth of her choice

woo hoo!

9:31 am

they are having culinary orgasms at the moment, having received all the cast off corn husks from dinner last night - its is like cotton candy to them

oh, the goats? not the hemsworths.

9:32 am

lololol definitely not the hemsworths, oh dear!

argh, just found bea's aquarium fish

hello. babbling while listening to kruangbin and waiting for wash to spin...

hey TO

carla!

9:38 am

good morning everyone :)

hey nan

khruangbin cannot spell today

9:39 am

hello TO! Feeling more rested?

my patience is wearing thin on this one. still have 6 4's I can't find. 2 words I know the stats I can't find. think I will break. BBL for last 16.

9:40 am

breathe, hokie

hi trif! yes, tryig to tackle the mess that used to be home before all that running around and late nights

9:41 am

I am glad you got some rest! Home is always there

i have 37 left and have only one 7

9:41 am

I just made it over halfway! slow babble for me today

urge to purge, and urge to move

9:42 am

funny you should say that! I have been on a purge bender for weeks now. Feels like actually losing weight....

before this year i lost weight every fest, but they upped our pay and i ate it all up

ok, still here of course. found 4 words. also can't stop singing Pass the Dutchie.

9:47 am

29 left and stuck

9:47 am

thank you for that gift, hokie.

9:51 am

I thought you were passing the dutchie in case someone hurled

9:52 am

TO, how many of the acts were local acts? How many needed travel and stay arrangements? Is that on you too?

did not count, but lots more local in day time. of course, local for us includes nyc

9:54 am

oh, that must help a lot to fill out a bill! do they have to apply, or do you select them?

9:54 am

Thanks for the chuckle of the day, Molly - good one. Let's hope others take up the challenge. It's always good to start the day with a laugh. :)

this festival was slated to be very small and gated until the governor lifted restricions. so it was expanded and executed in about two months

9:55 am

No problem Nan. I like your idea of putting a positive spin on things.

they apply and agents refer. an agent may manage a name act and booking his up and coming acts may be part of a deal

9:56 am

its such a mystery to me, how it all works.

and we commitee members also nominate and recommend

after 38 years they have it down pat, once the footpring is decied. it changed this year

9:57 am

oh that must have presented some new challenges!

weather was pretty cooperative, only a few storms

9:58 am

nice!

actually it removed a big one.intentionally. too risky

9:58 am

wow my c's ended on a bang

co6, ru?

9:59 am

i must admit, satellite radio has rather narrowed my exposure to new acts. I tend to listen to the same six or seven channels, which are quite niche. Haven't listened to regular commercial radio in ages.

9:59 am

cute ruru, nice one!

10:00 am

hi trif

do you listen to the indie or new music channels?

10:02 am

I usually listen to Lithium, Beatles, 90s, 00s, or PopRocks (gasp)

10:03 am

I like the 90s country (I think it's called Prime), LL Cool J's channel, and another around that one that I can't rem.

10:03 am

Ru is always up for a bang

10:05 am

3-3-5

10:05 am

i listen to the 70s, first wave, classic rewind, the edge, and broadway. sometimes 40s, for fun, and a couple of others

we were asked to list our favorite acts and i listed zydeco, idie folk, hip hop /edm and surf punk this year. until after i named them, i did not realize

10:05 am

hello MLFan, sorry I missed you there for a second!

oh and jimmie allen, new county

10:06 am

I like a bit of everything - I really have no one musical taste

you would love fest then.

if you are hardy emough to wander the hills

10:07 am

I'm having a Cars moment this week. They were so underrated in their time....I am a born and bred Boston gal, so there's THAT

10:07 am

I am indeed, TO

love that dirty water

10:07 am

boston is my home

10:08 am

----> not the words, of course, but a simple truth

10:08 am

i love boston.. what a great city

10:08 am

secondo is visiting this week, which would be a lot more fun if she would WAKE UP BEFORE NOON

10:08 am

lol

10:08 am

have never been, but I've heard the band 😜

10:09 am

it is a carnival ride, ruru, that is for sure. And Bostonians are a special breed, for sure

have been once, but did not see much

10:09 am

come on over, hokie, plenty of room!

10:09 am

i'll get you all a lobster roll and we can go for a boat ride

just some touristy things like cheers

10:10 am

i have never been to cheers. no one from here has

10:10 am

LOL, that's like mr. homie is from memphis and had never been to graceland. he always used to say "no one here has"

10:10 am

seriously, parents of adult children - what time can I go and wake her up before I am not being rude?

no doubt. bull and finch, i should say. now that the show is ancient history, wonder how it fares

10:10 am

lolol hokie

i loved graceland!

10:11 am

there is a bar called cheers here now, and it is packing them in

10:11 am

graceland was a good time. We accidentally went during the 40th anniversary of Elvis week (we factually did not even know that was a thing) so it was GREAT.

the producers have recreated paddy's of it's always sunny here.

10:12 am

oh how fun!

it was so interesting that he did not have a huge estate like meverland. homeboy at heart

10:12 am

secondo is moving to the fishtown area in October, and she is so excited

10:12 am

we stayed at the campground on our trip out west. it's great, you can walk to all the museums and stuff and catch the bus for across the street.

ooh trif, what fun! she's caught on quickly

10:13 am

i have to admit, TO, I burst out laughing at the videos of Elvis and Priscilla zooming around the yard on golf carts - it's not even that big a place!

no, you could se it as a real home

10:16 am

she needed out of the area she was in - about four blocks south of independence hall, or whatever it is called

oh yes. a bit of trouble there recently

we went to ortlieb's to hear a band and felt so old just walking the street there lol

never mind IN ortlieb's

some nice music venues there

10:20 am

the r's are killing me - must be a bunch of re's that I'm missing

10:23 am

holy cow, glad I went to the list for the last 11 or whatever I was on. had to look up 3 or 4. I don't think there were any obvious ones or any that I remember seeing before.

10:24 am

in other words I should just head for the list

10:25 am

yeah, I only got the re's because matty was seeking help earlier

10:26 am

there is a 6/7 set that looks like the island straight out from NC that starts with a B, drop the B and rearrange first 2 letters.

10:28 am

no idea what the island is, carla

bodie island?

10:29 am

It is a British territory

10:29 am

There is a kind of shorts from there

10:30 am

oh - ok

ah, have that one already

10:30 am

I always thought it was caribbean but then I found out where it was. really an island nation I should say because it's multiple islands

10:30 am

ty carla

10:30 am

13 left

10:32 am

ok - to the list for the last 10

10:32 am

I can't believe those shorts are back in now

10:32 am

make that 9

when you get older you will understand ;)

10:36 am

da 6/24 please?

10:36 am

I can't believe there are any fashion trends happening. arent we all just in our jammies?

10:36 am

nm - found it

10:40 am

but they are back in with younger people

10:41 am

I'm just too short, long skirts/dresses and shorts look terrible on me.

10:42 am

Younger people dig retro styles

10:43 am

I know, high waist jeans are back. I don't like low but mid is just right

10:43 am

I'd just like to have a waist again

10:43 am

baggy clothes we wore in the early 90s are back

10:44 am

Most women cannot pull off short shorts and mini-skirts. We are not all tiny and thin,

10:45 am

not thin any longer but my legs kind of are

10:45 am

stuck on that re 6/24 following being prepared -- any hints please?

10:45 am

To make a sound again, again, again

10:45 am

utilize again?

10:46 am

oh duh - ty molly

10:46 am

oh, did not understand the "being prepared"

10:46 am

think I'll go and have breakfast before the last 5

10:47 am

I did. I'm a Coast Guard brat. Semper Paratus

10:48 am

Re6/27 please?

10:48 am

That is the island clue Carla gave earlier

10:49 am

re + kind of puddles kids play in and make pies from + vowel

11:15 am

hello all....

11:15 am

Pen is here, everyone cheer

11:15 am

Molly's a poet...

11:16 am

I'll try not to blow it

11:16 am

oh dear

11:21 am

hi pen

11:21 am

hi nan....

11:22 am

Tx Molly

11:23 am

2 to go

11:23 am

go, une!

11:23 am

3 to go here and struggling with the th 6

11:25 am

*!*~*!* another tough one

11:25 am

congrats....

11:27 am

ae 6/18, pls

11:28 am

to put air in something....

11:28 am

had hoped for a bigger grid - there is no going out in all the smoke, so will have to look for some books to download hagd everyone :)

11:28 am

you, too....

11:28 am

oh - and I hope more of you will take up the chuckle challenge :)

11:29 am

ty pen

11:29 am

ty pen

11:29 am

yw...

11:29 am

Take care Nan

11:52 am

need a break...bbl to finish....

11:52 am

bye all...

11:54 am

Byeeee

11:58 am

Fw!!

12:09 pm

stats for the lone A please?

12:12 pm

at 5/12

12:14 pm

I think it is the ae 6/18

12:18 pm

yup ae6 thanks nbt

12:19 pm

room under the roof bichon

12:19 pm

ty montreal, but I was giving a clue

12:20 pm

ahhh but at5 is not the lone A ☻

12:40 pm

bbl

12:43 pm

You know network TV is getting bad when you see that Fox has a new show coming on in the Fall called Domino Masters. It's about...you guessed it....people playing competitive dominos. Heaven help us.

12:44 pm

Yes, I pitched the Babble show to CW - but they said "No"

12:46 pm

Well, at least you tried. Imagine the tension when they filmed the frenzy at the flip.

12:49 pm

hello

OMG MOO

you are no longer a missing person

1:14 pm

yeah, sorry about that

1:14 pm

just have been prioritizing other things

well some of us were more worried than others (I'll let you guess 🤣), but understandable

1:17 pm

yeah, thought I should drop in...not sure how much I'll be around in the short term

well, we sold our house so I'm packing up

glad you dropped in

I will tell Nan tomorrow, she's been asking about you too

1:20 pm

Hi all. Where are you moving to, Carla?

1:20 pm

you moving local, or further?

we don't really know yet, joy. we have an open rental house a couple of miles away that we will go to while we look for a place, maybe asheville area. might travel in our motorhome for a year or so.

currently in the basement packing up my barbie collection. mr. homie says we are NOT moving them, but I don't have time to put them on ebay right now so they're going to have to move somewhere.

1:25 pm

traveling in the motor home sounds like fun.

and I thought I had mailed all the legos off to the lego give back program but just found a tub full of more. ugh.

yeah, will let you know if we ever make it back to SF

1:27 pm

that would be great! We could go out for Chinese food!

last time we stayed at a "campground" in Pacifica. It was really a very cramped parking lot, but was convenient to SF.

1:28 pm

How many HOs are there?

1:28 pm

I've heard about that RV campground in Pacifica.

1:28 pm

I always liked Brandy Ho's :)

Don Ho

1:29 pm

Brandy Ho's is good. I haven't been there in years.

1:29 pm

Don Ho?

I thought moo was naming Hos since you asked how many there were

1 HO

neither Brandy nor Don

Bilbo Baggins maybe

1:30 pm

I don't go to Chinatown that often, and when I do there are so many restaurants. I've always wished I worked near there so I could eat out at a different restaurant every day and blog about it. It would take years to eat at all of them.

1:30 pm

LOL.

1:31 pm

And then just a couple of blocks further are all those good Vietnamese places

been to SF twice, never made it to any of those

1:32 pm

I got married once there

1:32 pm

Just was in San Fran two weeks ago. Ocean Beach / Lands End is my happy place!

1:32 pm

in the old Golden Gate park aquarium that is long gone

1:32 pm

Speaking of Chinatown....advice for SF tourists: take Linda Lee's Chinatown tour. She is awesome!

joy (or moo or dauber), have you ever driven down to Hearst Castle?

1:34 pm

Never heard of it.

San Simeon, really?

It was William Randolph Hearst's mansion

1:34 pm

Yes, I've been there. It's pretty far from SF. I once got a personal guided tour when it was closed.

it's a great drive down there

the first time we went to SF I worked for Hearst

1:36 pm

One of the few trips we made during the pandemic was to Big Sur, which is between SF and Hearst Castle. It's really beautiful there.

1:36 pm

no, have not been

1:36 pm

Never even got down to Big Sur, got about half way down

yeah, we drove through there on that trip. had res. on our trip that we stayed in Pacifica but ended up canceling for some reason. we'll have to make it back there.

1:37 pm

My mother has a friend who fell into one of the swimming pools at Hearst Castle during a tour. 🤣🤣🤣

OMG, that's funny

1:38 pm

Yeh, it was the typical "backing up to take a picture" thing.

1:38 pm

I noticed last time I was there that the tours no longer let you get too close to the pool. Probably that woman's fault.

that drive took us forever because we stopped literally every mile on the PCH to take a pic

yeah, I think when I went you could stand right next to it

1:39 pm

If I were new to the area I'd do a week long trip down the coast, stopping at Santa Cruz, in the Monterey area (I love Pacific Grove the best in that area), Big Sur, San Simeon, etc., ending up in L.A.

San Simeon is as far south as we made it

1:41 pm

Yeah I got a bit north of Santa Barbara going up, and some ways south of Carmel going down...just never did the piece in between

supposedly there are zebras roaming around left from WRH's day - have you ever seen one?

I rem. we did a hike in Carmel and I was pretty sure I was going to get eaten by a mountain lion. I don't think out west living is for me.

1:42 pm

I didn't see any zebras, but I've heard they're there.

1:42 pm

Mountain lions are pretty small and they don't usually eat people.

I don't know if that's a legend or not (about the zebras)

joy, don't try to rationalize with me 🤣

1:43 pm

Although they did kill a bicyclist once a few years ago.

1:44 pm

We've had mountain lions a couple of miles from us at least here where I live now

my family thought I was crazy in Yellowstone and Canmore/Banff about the bears. that's a real thing!

eek, may the odds be ever in your favor, moo

1:44 pm

The zebras are real, as are the mountain lions.

1:44 pm

Had bears in the neighborhood too....I did come pretty close to a bear in Nova Scotia

1:45 pm

I was in Yosemite once when bears came into our campground.

we had a bear not far from us last year, but at least here they are black bears (I know, they still kill people too)

1:45 pm

oh yeah, I've seen plenty of Bears in Yosemite...but not in my campsite at least, and not more than a hundred yards close

we saw a little cub in a tree on a mt. bike ride many years ago. that's the fastest I've ever pedaled in my life.

1:46 pm

LOL

we were at a campground between Yellowstone and Grand Teton and had just finished breakfast and were inside when a ranger came and yelled at us about the griddle we just made bacon on being out there.

but didn't see any bears at least

1:48 pm

stats for the lone A?

1:48 pm

ae6/18

ae6

1:49 pm

well, gotta get ready for this call...good to seeya hoke

1:49 pm

I was at a wilderness camp in Yosemite where they have a thingie that hangs really high where you're supposed to put your food at night. These two macho idiots refused to hang their food there. They came running into our campsite in their underwear in the middle of the night while two bears tore apart their campsite to get at their food.

bye moo!

1:50 pm

Oh, right, that AE6,18 that I should have seen. Thanks.

oh my, joy

I didn't even try to "see" the AE earlier, I just thought, all the letters are there, surely it is too

LOL, I just found half of a Babybel wax in a box of toys

1:53 pm

ew

kids

I also found a hoodie from the oldest's 8th grade trip to Washington DC

he is about to be 21

1:55 pm

they do leave stuff lying around.

1:55 pm

My daughter started high school yesterday, speaking of kids.

wow, big day. did you get a pic?

1:56 pm

Oh, yes, a bunch. And I'm proud of myself that I didn't cry.

my youngest started college yesterday. I wonder if he and his roommate took first day of school pics for their moms. 🤣🤣🤣

yes, good job. but crying is okay too. 😭

1:57 pm

Wow. I will be very sad in 4 years when my daughter goes off to college.

1:58 pm

How are you coping?

we're definitely sad.

2:11 pm

i thought the o flower was going to be a phantom but no!

2:12 pm

ty Shirlock, I didn't notice that!

2:13 pm

I know how you feel about sending them to college. Trust me, sending them overseas (Navy) was much worse. So thankful he's out, now.

2:13 pm

rice

2:13 pm

That must have been hard, Sophie. I'd worry all the time. Of course part of being a parents is worrying anyway, but still...

2:15 pm

He couldn't tell us where he was.....mostly just emails back then..... but he could tell us where he'd been....mostly the Persian Gulf. He still won't talk to me much about that time. I think he may have shared more with his dad.

the oldest went 2 years ago here, so he was close to home, then he got sent home when the dorm shut down due to covid, so it was hard, but this may be harder. I can't imagine that, sophie.

2:17 pm

That is difficult, Sophie. Sounds like it was a rough experience for him.

off topic - I heard there was a tornado one county north of me. hopefully MLFAN will check in soon. not sure exactly where she is but probably had bad weather too.

2:18 pm

crazy weather is always ON topic.... I'm in Nashville...grew up in Kansas..... have seen my share of tornado damage

2:19 pm

There is no such thing as "off-topic" here. Anything goes.

we have a lot of wind right now. not sure how long the TS or whatever it is now will stay.

2:26 pm

I was on the phone with my oldest the other day when we were having a thunderstorm and that conversation had to move in the direction of climate change. Yes, he is one of THOSE people.

2:27 pm

the people who are terrified about whether society will collapse before we can safely die of old age?

2:29 pm

could i have a clue for ch8? i wanted it to be plural of the 7 but that doesn't connect

2:29 pm

the people who are concerned about increasingly destructive weather patterns that occur as temperatures increase?

2:30 pm

no, the CH8 has no relationship to the CH7. Think about stuff you put in the swimming pool.

2:30 pm

ah, thanks

society has already collapsed thanks to social media

2:32 pm

i mean... it's not GREAT but when i think of societal collapse i'm talking about widespread inability to get food and stuff

2:33 pm

I got 100 words without listing. That's 80%, a record for me. I usually list after getting around 70%.

2:33 pm

great job joy! congrats!

2:42 pm

ty, hurshy. It's nice to know you that I'm improving. Or maybe this is just an easy grid. 😂

2:43 pm

:)

2:44 pm

i'm having a terrible time trying to find re6/27

2:45 pm

re + puddles kids play in and make pies out of + vowel

2:46 pm

thanks molly! i was dancing all around that

I didn't think this was an easy grid, joy. you are definitely improving!

3:33 pm

She's got ants in her pants and she just wants to dance

3:35 pm

These grids are never easy. People who say they are are word geniuses who read the dictionary.

now the word nerds are word geniuses? are you getting soft?

3:59 pm

I have various terms for people who brainiac their way through these grids. I usually save word nerds for the Enable creators.

4:00 pm

idk Molly, you always seem to be done with the grid rather than working on it

4:00 pm

so i would have thought you were one of the word geniuses

yeah, she always has the big words when asked for clues too. I have thought that as well.

no need to read websters...avid readers would find the grids easier, after playing a while and recognizing those little quirky words

itchmutch

oops

4:26 pm

RE 6 24 PLEASE AND THANK YOU

4:27 pm

NM FOUND IT

4:31 pm

ERT

4:31 pm

TRET

4:34 pm

Ha! I rarely finish grids anymore. Life has gotten way too busy for that.

4:35 pm

You just think I'm not working on it because I don't post regular updates about how many words I have and what I still need.

4:49 pm

Rehi all. I had to go work. My job interferes with my Babble playing.

4:55 pm

clue for the CO6,24?

would love to see a Molly status update

did you watch Big Bang Theory, Joy? Sheldon's word for sex

yes, I know it's a real word and not Sheldon's, but he uses it a lot.

5:23 pm

nope, never watched it.

5:23 pm

work is interfering w/ babbling again, and I have a meeting in a few minutes. 😣

5:24 pm

got it

5:46 pm

Oh great, now the rehi thing is getting popular

rehowdy, what's up?

5:55 pm

re hello all... ;o)

6:24 pm

well i am done...

6:26 pm

goodnight all....*waving to the lurkers*....

6:26 pm

re goodnight, pen!

6:27 pm

Let the flags fly

6:50 pm

Hello all. Does anyone have a clue for the second ic5?

6:51 pm

ends with not them....

6:51 pm

closing this window now....good luck, wht....

6:52 pm

thanks penq. I thought I had tried that. Apparrently not. Fireworks for me.

Hi babblers

easy/hard grid - most easy, some hard

8:18 pm

some hard what?

8:24 pm

Is the RI6,24 a regular word?

8:27 pm

It's a somewhat unusual word for the gape of a mouth

8:29 pm

Oh, right, I know that word. Thanks.

8:53 pm

OK, now I need help w/ the SU6,21

8:53 pm

NM

9:21 pm

su5......clue please

9:24 pm

nvm

au6 pls?

10:02 pm

the one who writes the book.....

ty

10:03 pm

I'll take clues for th6 and te6/27 please! My last two and I need to finish.

10:05 pm

got the th6, now just need that te6/27 please

10:07 pm

Got it!! Thanks -- goodnight!

10:16 pm

And no one got to clue that it rhymes with the non-oral place to take a temperature

10:26 pm

TY I got it from your clue

11:46 pm

yay, done! 231 (my guess for the next one)

11:46 pm

FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!!

11:48 pm

Just saw that Greg Abbot has COVID!

11:51 pm

wow. And swears he's fine. And went to a meeting with Stevie Ray Vaughan's brother so as to pass on the germs. What a nice guy, huh?

11:57 pm

ugh! I have one left, monkeys so tired. R6, after set to go, before rhymes with an island...

11:59 pm

well, just morewords it. What kinda cockamamie word is THAT? lol

11:59 pm

to sound the same thing back at you again. Double vowel.

11:59 pm

was that the one?

12:00 am

oh...my...gawd.... yes, another reverberation. I read it as sim to the orange snack. Laughing at myself!!

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